State, by Head v. Aamco Automatic Transmissions

Peterson, Justice.

Respondent AAMCO Automatic Transmissions, Inc., hereafter AAMCO, a foreign corporation, conducts a business as a national franchiser of automobile transmission repair shops. Appellant, Stanley Kugler, hereafter Kugler, is a Minneapolis franchisee of AAMCO in the sale of services and parts in the repair and replacement of automobile transmissions. The state, through its attorney general and the commissioner of economic development, instituted an action against both AAMCO and Kugler, as well as other local AAMCO franchisees, pursuant to Minn. St. 325.905, to enjoin them from…